The Rolling Stones
Written by Admin Musician Online on February 22, 2010 – 1:34 pm -The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in 1962 in London when Brian Jones, the multi-instrumentalist and Ian Stewart, famous pianist combined with Keith Richards, the guitarist and Mick Jagger, the vocalist. Charlie Watts, the drummer and Bill Wyman, the Bassist finished the early lineup. Stewart who was considered not suitable as teen idol, was got rid off from the official group in 1963 but he joined as the road manager of the band and as casual keyboardist till his death in 1985. After they signed to the Decca Records during the year 1963, the band name changed to “The Rolling Stones” from “the Rollin’ Stones”.
Richards and Jagger formed a partnership during the year 1963 and they started the leadership of the band since Jones was more erratic and troubles. After they recorded the covers of R&B and American blues songs, the studio record they produced since the album Aftermath in the year 1966, all of them featured mainly Richards/Jagger songs. Mick Taylor replaced Brian Jones just before his death in the year 1969. In the year 1974, Taylor quit the band and he replaced in the year 1975 by guitarist Ronnie Wood who stayed in the band ever since. Wyman left the band in the year 1992, and then Darryl Jones who was not the official member of the band has remained as the main bassist since the year 1994. Read more »
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U2: Ireland Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on January 1, 2010 – 1:34 pm -U2 – Ireland’s Top Rock Band
U2 are a reputed rock band from the city of Dublin in Ireland. The group has a Bono (guitar and vocals), the Edge (keyboards, vocals, and Guitar) and Adam Clayton (Bass Guitar), and Larry Mullen (Percussion and Drums). The band was developed in 1976 at the Secondary School level when member were teenagers with very less musical knowledge. Within 4 years, they signed with Island Records and they released their first album named Boy. During the mid 1980s, they became as top international acts. They were very successful in live acts that in selling studio records till their album “The Joshua tree’ was released in 1987. This album elevated the stature of U2 band from heroes to Super heroes according to The Rolling stone magazine.
The album Achtung baby which was released during the year 1991, which accompanied the Zoo TV Tour was a thematic and musical reinvention for their group. Reacting to their own musical stagnation in the late 1980s, the band introduced alternative rock and dance music into their albums and live performance which replaced their early image with an ironic tone. Also they continued the same experimentation during the 1990s. Since the year 2000, U2 have continued to be more conventional in their music, and they have maintained influences from their musical exploration and influences. Read more »
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The Beatles Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on December 1, 2009 – 1:37 pm -THE BEATLES
The Beatles were a reputed English rock band, formed during 1960 in Liverpool. They were the most commercially hit band in history of popular music. Three boys from Liverpool named George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney joined together during the time of cultural liquidity during 1960s with bit players Pete Best and Stu Sutcliffe. They absorbed and reprised British pop history and American Rock and Roll to that point, and played 5 amphetamine fueled sets during a night in Hamburg, the port town of Germany and then came back to Liverpool to find their perfect manager Mr. Brian Epstein and Producer George martin. They released the first super hit single in U.K., “Love Me Do/ P.s I Love You” during the month of October in 1962.
From the year 1962, the band had John Lennon who is well known for his vocals and rhythm guitar, George Harrison for his vocals and lead guitar, Ringo Starr for vocals and drums and Paul McCartney for his vocals and bass guitar. Rooted in skiffle and the rock and roll of 1950s, the band worked in different genres later which ranged from psychedelic pop to folk rock. They incorporated classical elements innovatively to create a new genre of music in their own style. Their popularity emerged as “Beatlemania”, which transformed when their songwriting increased n sophistication. The group was considered to be a collection of progressive apotheoses and their influence got extended to the cultural and social revolutions during 1960s. Read more »
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The Queen Rock Band
Written by Admin Musician Online on October 20, 2009 – 1:44 pm -Queen – British Rock Band
Queen is a reputed British rock band which got formed during the year 1970. This band actually contained a lead vocalist by the name Freddie Mercury, drummer Roger Taylor and Bassist John Deacon. They have been portrayed as greatest live performers ever and they have produced the greatest hit single in music history and they remain as best British pop band of all times. They have published fifteen studio albums, 5 live albums and myriad compilation albums. The record label EMI of this band, reported a worldwide album sale of around 300 million albums in the year 2009 as per the report from BBC and other sources.
The band had great success in UK during 1970s but with the release of albums A Night at Opera in 1975 and the Sheer Heart Attack in 1974, they gained an international success both commercially and critically. A Night at the Opera featured the famous “Bohemian Rhapsody” which remained in top position in the charts of UK for around 9 weeks. Their success continues during eighties and nineties. Mercury was diagnosed and found HIV positive during the year 1991 and he died of Bronchopneumonia which is an AIDS complication. During the year 1997, Deacon retired. After that Taylor and May have performed sporadically in various programs and special events. Queen was placed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during the year 2001. Read more »
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